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Electronista | Googe, Yahoo revise search ad deal to appease DOJ
Google and Yahoo have backed down off their previous alliance proposal in order to clear potential issues from the Dept of Justice Department and other companies such as Microsoft . Amidst growing executive uncertainty at Yahoo, the new report indicates that a revised version of the ...
Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
googleblog.blogspot.com — In June we announced an advertising agreement with Yahoo! that gave Yahoo! the option of using Google... to provide ads on its websites (and its publisher partners' sites) in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time, both companies agreed to delay ... (more) Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
yhoo.client.shareholder.com — Yahoo! Announces Termination of Services Agreement by Google SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo!... Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that Google has terminated the advertising services ... (more) Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
gigaom.com — In hindsight, we are all geniuses or simpletons — it’s just a matter of how much time... we give history to ferment. At this point, it doesn’t look like history will be kind to Jerry Yang, who has had the unenviable job of ... (more) Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
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Google, Yahoo back out of ad deal
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks — ... and go their separate ways. The move is friendly but leaves Yahoo without a major third-party to show ads on certain search results, potentially cutting into Yahoo's overal results. Google describes the departure as being on amicable terms but also as the result of pressure from US government officials, which had forced revisions after concerns that it would create an unfair web monopoly. "It's clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement," Google chief legal officer David Drummond says. "Pressing ahead risked not only ...

Google, Yahoo back out of ad deal
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — ... and go their separate ways. The move is friendly but leaves Yahoo without a major third-party to show ads on certain search results, potentially cutting into Yahoo's overal results. Google describes the departure as being on amicable terms but also as the result of pressure from US government officials, which had forced revisions after concerns that it would create an unfair web monopoly. "It's clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement," Google chief legal officer David Drummond says. "Pressing ahead risked not only ...

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